Ryu Hae-ran

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Ryu Hae-ran
Personal information
Born (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship 5th: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2023
U.S. Women's Open 8th: 2023
Women's British Open T21: 2023
Evian Championship T42: 2023
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour Rookie of the Year2020
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 2023
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team

Ryu Hae-ran (born 23 March 2001), also known as Hae Ran Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She has five wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour. [1]

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Amateur career

Ryu was a top amateur in Korea and won the 2018 Korean Women's Amateur. She qualified for the 2016 U.S. Women's Open, but missed the cut. [2]

She won silver with the Korean team at the World Junior Girls Championship in 2016 and 2017, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She represented Asia/Pacific in the 2018 Patsy Hankins Trophy.

Professional career

Ryu turned professional in mid-2019 and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour after success on the development tour. She won the 2019 Jeju Samdasoo Masters and successfully defended her title in 2020, her official rookie season, where she earned the Rookie of the Year title after earning over 628 million won, second on the money list behind only Kim Hyo-joo. [3]

Ryu played in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, and finished in a tie for 13th. She rose to 17th in the Women's World Golf Rankings on the back of this result. [1]

In 2021, she won two more KLPGA titles and in 2022, notched her fifth title, and was second in Player of the Year points and second in scoring average with 70.57. [3]

Ryu won the 2022 LPGA Q-Series to join the LPGA Tour in 2023. She became the third player from Korea to take medalist honors at LPGA Q-Series, joining Lee Jeong-eun (2018) and An Na-rin (2021). [4] She finished tied 7th in her debut, at the LPGA Drive On Championship. [5] Ryu was in contention at the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and finished in 8th place. [6]

After carding two bogeys on the front-nine, Ryu went on to shoot 6-under (29) on the back-nine to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship for her first LPGA Tour title. [7] She won the 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
11 Oct 2023 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 64-64-66=194−193 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Linnea Strom 345,000

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T565
U.S. Women's Open CUTT13CUT8
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship CUTNTT42
Women's British Open T21
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
NT = no tournament

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2016644 [9]
2017489 [10]
2018747 [11]
2019122 [12]
202017 [13]
202131 [14]
202249 [15]
202330 [16]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [2]

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